In a study of 100 patients who got the implant, quality of life improved substantially for 92 percent, and within one year, 86 percent no longer needed acid-lowering medicines.
April 2013
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Maine high court hearing appeal by anti-gay-marriage group
The National Organization for Marriage says the identities of its donors are shielded by the First Amendment.
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PC outlook darkens as sales slump deepens
PCs are losing because they typically cost more than smartphones and tablets and aren’t as convenient to use. Analysts also blame a pivotal makeover of Microsoft’s Windows operating system that seems to have done more harm than good.
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No bond for US couple accused of kidnapping kids
Four-year-old Cole and 2-year-old Chase are now with their maternal grandparents, who have legal custody.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): MAINE OFFERS A WORLD OF FOOD CHOICES starting with LEMONGRASS
Mainers must be adventurous diners, because we now have many wonderful opportunities to enjoy ethnic foods. At Lemongrass in Brunswick, we discovered delicious Vietnamese cuisine.
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SEAL Team Six member can be WikiLeaks witness
The witness has been publicly identified only as “John Doe” and as a Defense Department “operator.” Prosecutors say he participated with SEAL Team Six in their May 2011 assault on the compound in Pakistan, in which Osama bin Laden was killed.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “A Study in Revenge” and “Back From Tobruk”
London may have had Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson prowling its foggy streets in 1893, but Portland also had an equally adroit pair of detectives battling arch-villains that year — Perceval Grey and Archie Lean.
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Goat’s head delivered to Wrigley Field
The team is in negotiations with city officials and neighborhood business people about the $300 million renovation of Wrigley Field.
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BOOKS: Thriller of a love story
Harlan Coben has mastered the family thriller in which ordinary people are caught up in an out-of-control situation, a la Alfred Hitchcock. This approach has landed most of Coben’s 24 novels on best-sellers’ lists.